The show, put on by the conservative organization to compete with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance, will feature performances by Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice. Gabby Barrett, 2021 winner of new female artist of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, will also perform.
Yeah…
For anyone who leans left or center and wants to see this…
Maybe some progressive YouTube channel will repost it and donate the ad revenue to progressive causes.
I don’t care about any of these artists, but I imagine there are some decent people who say “I would like to see this person play but I don’t want to support racism/fascism, how can I do that, watch this ethically.” The easy answer is, you simply shouldn’t. The best answer is, torrent it later.
When you find someone that wants to watch kid rock let me know. I’m not convinced.
Yeah, I dunno. I guess I meant hypothetically?
I liked his first album when it was new. If he was a shithead then, I didn’t know about it. Bawitdaba was cool AF back in the day. And Picture with Sheryl Crow is still a great song. Too bad the guy who sings it is a fascist. Just like how Rooftops by Lostprophets was always a banger, despite the singer doing what he did.
If you can separate the art from the shithead… I dunno. I just don’t want to hear Kid Rock anymore. I think the last interesting thing he did was mash up Sweet Home Alabama with Werewolves of London and somehow made both worse, but it was interesting.
Boycotting this performance is the ethical thing to do. There are some artists that I don’t listen to anymore, because of their political actions in the last few years. When someone famous I like throws their name, image, and platform behind fascism, I write them off.
Quick clarification edit: Boycotting by never watching, repost or otherwise*
I can see your point if you (or the person reading this deciding on whether to watch or not) thinks the songs are about the hate. If it’s just conservative artists playing their popular songs, there’s nothing unethical about watching them perform, regardless of the reason for the performance (and the timing). It’s just a matter of if the “wrong” people get paid for you watching it or not. The artists are getting paid regardless.
Now, if they all wrote songs supporting fascism, the fourth reich, and all that, then yes, by all means, never watch it. I don’t think that’s the case though I do think some of that will be present before/after the music (considering who’s putting it on).